The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-04-14

tains the position taken BY
the Canadian authorities and is in NJ
way disposed to make the concessions
requested by this government. This
question was considered by the Cabinet
with a view to the advisability of suit
able action by the President, under the
provision of the Retalitory act. The
| the possession of TOrtugas Islands OF
the payment by the Haytian govern.
ment of 81 ,0O0, 900 in settlement of old
claims was considered at some length.
! The United States have great interests
/ in Hayti. commercial and otherwise,
and are doubly concerned IN
its welfare and prosperity. A
| lengthy correspondence viii be
| opened with Great Britain on the sub
ject. The Alaska seal fishers were dis
cuSsed with view to their better pro-
lection from foreign interference. 1t
| is represented that the interests are
now threatened by the wanton and
wholesale slaughter of seals in the
open ocean. The difficulty of control
ing this matter arises from the alleged
want of Jurisdiction of our Govern
ment over these waters beyond the
three mile limit. The question will be
again discussed at future meeting.
ST. JOE A RESERVE CITY.
made national bank reserve city. 1t
is regarded as rather singular that
Missouri is the only state which has
yet taken advantage of the provisions
of the recent act of Congress authoTiZ-
ing the establishment OF central reserve
and reserve cities.
THE BOSTON, ATLANTA AND CHICAGO.
Secretary Whitney has decided to
push to completion the work on the
or
so as to admit of an early adjustment
of the accounts with the contractors.
To this end all extra work on the YES
YelS, such as the changes made in the
Boston and Chicago by the direction of
the Naval Advisory Board, as the
result of the trials of the Atlanta, will
be discontinued and aside from small
changes necessary to fit the vessels for
sea, the energies of the department
will be concentrated upon the work re-
CURED upon the original contracts with
John Roach.
ACCRUED PENSIONS.
n difference of opinion and of prac-
tIce has for some time existed between
the pension Office and the Office of the
third Auditor of the Treasury as to
when the paymant of an accrued PEN
sion actually becomes consunmated.
The question was referred to the
second Comptroller for final decision,
and he has given his conclusions there
on as follows: First-Where the
pension has become due and payable
in the life time of the pen
sioner and he has executed the
usual voucher acknowledging receipt of
payment aud transmitted the same to
the Pension Agent, but dies before the
agent has executed and mailed to him
check for its payment, it is clear that
there has been in law no payment of
the accrued pension, but the same still
posed of in accordance with the prOViS-
ion of Section AIS. Second-Where
the voucher has been enacted and de-
livered to the Agent, and the check has
been transmitted and received by the
pensiOner in his life time, the pay
ment has become complete and the
subsequent death of the pensioner
either before or after endorsing the
check will not defeat such payment.
The check has become his property in
his life time and falls into and becomes
part of his estate to be disposed of in
due course of administration. s.
Where the voucher has been eXecu-
ted by the pensioners and delivered to
the agent and the check has been
mailed by the agent to the pensiOner in
his life time, but was not received by
him, l do not think that as a matter of
law the act of payment has been so far
contaminated as to defeat the rights of
the widow or minor children OF claims
for reimbursement under Section 4719,
and the check cannot in such cases be
properly deemed as part of the assets of
the estate of the deceased pensioner.
To make complete payment, two
things must Occur-the receipt of the
check of the Government by the PEN
sioner and the execution by him of an
acquittance in proper form.